Assigning gender identities to perpetrators of wartime sexual violence is a problematic affair. The evolution of modern warfare has ensured that the attributes that have traditionally distinguished men and women are becoming increasingly blurred. Gender can be described as a social construct that is influenced by a variety of different factors; political and economic in/stability,…Read More…

As one of the most-at-risk populations, female sex workers (FSWs) have long been a target of public health interventions aimed at reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS.  Historically, research has been focused on FSWs themselves, with hardly any attention directed toward the vulnerabilities placed on the children of FSWs.  In an article published in the July…Read More…

It doesn’t take an economist to notice that there are key fundamental differences between the economies of developed and developing nations.  Obvious key differences tend to be things like strength of currency, inflation, GDP per capita, etc.  However, a new study which David Leonhardt of the New York Times (article can be viewed here) picked…Read More…